Chapter 5
Calm
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01.Simplicity & Anxiety
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02.A Way Through Panic Attacks
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03.Self-Hatred & Anxiety
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04.How to Stop Being Scared All the Time
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05.The Question We Should Ask Ourselves When Anxious
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06.On Anxiety
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07.The True Cause of Dread and Anxiety
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08.On Being Scared All the Time
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09.The Importance of Having A Breakdown
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10.On Asking for Help
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11.Preparing for Disaster
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12.The Normality of Anxiety Attacks
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13.On Panic Attacks
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14.Spirituality for People who Hate Spirituality
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15.How to Spill A Drink Down One’s Front - and Survive
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16.How To Stop Worrying Whether or Not They Like You
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17.On Soothing
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18.What Is Wrong with Modern Times - and How to Regain Wisdom
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19.The Disaster of Anthropocentrism - and the Promise of the Transcendent
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20.On Needing to Find Something to Worry About
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21.How We Are Easily, Too Easily, 'Triggered'
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22.Hypervigilance
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23.If The Worst Came to the Worst...
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24.The Wonders of an Ordinary Life
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25.In Praise of the Quiet Life
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26.The Pursuit of Calm
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27.Insomnia and Philosophy
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28.On Trying to Control the Future
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29.There is No Happily Ever After
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30.The Catastrophe You Fear Will Happen has Already Happened
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31.There is Always a Plan B
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32.The Consolations of History
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33.The Lessons of Nature
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34.What Others Think of You - and The Fall of Icarus
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35.On the Sublime
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36.Gratitude for the Small Things
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37.Why ‘Earthrise’ Matters
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38.On Flowers
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39.The Valuable Idea Behind the Concept of the Day of Judgement
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40.The Wisdom of Animals
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41.A Few Things Still to Be Grateful For
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42.The Lottery of Life
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43.Untranslatable Words
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44.The Wisdom of Rocks: Gongshi
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45.Wu Wei – Doing Nothing 無爲
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46.The Faulty Walnut
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47.Perspectives on Insomnia
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48.On the Wisdom of Space
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49.Memento Mori
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50.On the Wisdom of Cows
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51.On Calming Places
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52.Why Small Pleasures Are a Big Deal
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53.The Consolations of a Bath
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54.The Importance of Staring out the Window
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55.On Sunshine
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56.Clouds, Trees, Streams